{"id":511,"date":"2019-09-19T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/?p=511"},"modified":"2021-05-14T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:15:20","slug":"important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Things to Know Before Teaching Korean Students \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7\/#Motivations_For_Learning_English\" >Motivations For Learning English<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7\/#Korean_English\" >Korean English<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7\/#Dont_Be_Surprised_If_Your_Student%E2%80%A6\" >Don\u2019t Be Surprised If Your Student&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7\/#%F0%9F%91%8B_Thats_it_for_now\" >\ud83d\udc4b That\u2019s it for now!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>After the Japanese, Koreans form our next largest group of students. Besides not using <em>-san<\/em> with their name, what other things should we know to provide more targeted feedback and avoid misunderstandings?<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Motivations_For_Learning_English\"><\/span>Motivations For Learning English<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>While Japanese students have various reasons for studying English (e.g. watching English movies, talking to foreign friends, traveling, being sent abroad for work), Korean students\u2019 motivations tend to fall into two categories: work and study.<\/p>\n<p>From a young age, Koreans are aware that they\u2019ll need English to be competitive. For instance, a survey found that <a href=\"https:\/\/englishagenda.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/mda2017_university_of_sunderland_matthew_leahy.pdf\">97% of middle school students believed that English was necessary for their future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064127\/image6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064127\/image6.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064127\/image6-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re probably right. Most major corporations in Korea require a certain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20140326000917\">TOEIC score<\/a> to qualify for positions and the country is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20160918000267\">fourth in the world according to the number of students they send abroad every year<\/a>. About half of these students go to the U.S., where South Korea is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/international-students-united-states#CountryOrigin\">third largest source of international students<\/a> after China and India.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Korean_English\"><\/span>Korean English<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>While Korean English (or as Koreans like to call it, \u201cKonglish\u201d) shares many similarities with other East Asian Englishes, there are two main aspects that make it unique, and those are their use of \u201cwe\/our\u201d and active voice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Koreans often say \u201cwe\u201d and \u201cour\u201d when they mean \u201cI\u201d and \u201cmy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064009\/image3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064009\/image3.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064009\/image3-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This leads to bizarre statements like, \u201cThis is our wife, Hyemin\u201d or \u201cThis is our father\u201d (even if the speaker has no siblings). You\u2019ll also hear Koreans use we\/our to refer to the environments they socialize in: \u201cour school\/company\u201d and even \u201cour country.\u201d (e.g. \u201cIn our country, we eat kimchi every day\u201d or \u201cIn our country, we start learning English in first grade.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>This is because the Korean \u201cwe\/our\u201d in these situations means \u201cme and the people in my in-group\u201d instead of \u201cme and you, the listener.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Koreans often use the active voice instead of the passive voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something good happens to someone, Koreans say that they \u201creceive\u201d it, so \u201cI was welcomed by my family\u201d becomes \u201cI received a welcome from my family\u201d and when something bad happens, you \u201csuffer\u201d it, so\u201cI got beat up\u201d becomes \u201cI suffered a beating\u201d. As a result, the passive voice does not come naturally to Korean students.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to point out mistakes involving \u201cwe\/our\u201d and passive voice and, explain why they sound strange. For example, you can send them explanations in the chat box like the ones portrayed in the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064017\/image4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064017\/image4.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02064017\/image4-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Don\u2019t Be Surprised If Your Student...<\/h1>\n<p><strong>1. Don\u2019t be surprised if your Korean student asks about your age.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When meeting someone new, Koreans usually ask for the person\u2019s age. That\u2019s because the Korean language differs when one speaks to an older person or a peer. Koreans decide whether to use the respectful or the casual version depending on the listener\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you speak to a Korean person of the same age, they will probably say that you\u2019re \u201cfriends\u201d. This is because the Korean word for \u201cfriend\u201d also means \u201cpeople of the same age who can speak casually to each other.\u201d On the other hand, when two people are not the same age, the younger one has to be respectful to the older one and change their language correspondingly. Simply put, you\u2019re not \u201cfriends\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>This aspect of Korean culture can affect your relationship with a student. As one tutor (\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded) pointed out, \u201cIf you're younger than a Korean student, they don't really listen to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To prevent this situation, another tutor (\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded) suggested bowing to the student to show respect: \u201cI bowed a little during greetings at the start and end of the lesson and also when I asked them questions, to show that I am asking them respectfully. And by \u2018bow,\u2019 I don\u2019t mean a full bow, but more like a nod.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Korean students may ask about religion and marital status.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to age, Koreans tend to ask about religion and marital status. Religion is not a sensitive topic in Korea and marital status is simply a common conversation starter. But feel free to point out if these questions are considered too personal in your country.<\/p>\n<p>However, if there\u2019s a good reason for your student to ask these questions, you can always show them how to address these topics in a more delicate manner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02063958\/image2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02063958\/image2.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/02063958\/image2-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%91%8B_Thats_it_for_now\"><\/span>\ud83d\udc4b That\u2019s it for now!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We hope this gives you a better idea of how to teach Korean students. Did you find any aspects of Korean culture surprising? What mistakes have you heard Korean students make?<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to bring these up next time you teach a Korean student. And stay tuned for future pieces on common pronunciation mistakes and what topics to talk about or avoid with Korean students!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Japanese, Koreans form our next largest group of students. Besides not using -san with their name, what other things should we know to provide more targeted feedback and avoid misunderstandings? 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